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The Open Address Of New Testament Evidence - Softcover

Caleb Fleming

 
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Synopsis

The Open Address Of New Testament Evidence: Or, Three Plain Monuments Authenticating Three Facts, On Which The Divinity Of Our Holy Religion Has Its Support Humbly Proposed To Public Consideration, In An Unthinking Age by Caleb Fleming presents a 18th-century defense of three central Christian attestations. Fleming treats the Christian Sabbath, Christian baptism, and the Lord's Supper as three distinct monuments that collectively testify to the divinity of Christianity. He argues the Sabbath was originally a divine institution made for man, interprets its shift from the seventh to the first day as a sign of Christ's resurrection inaugurating a new creation, and defends its ongoing Christian observance. He then advocates infant baptism as a divine rite that initiates households into the church and binds parents to raise their children in the faith, while insisting baptism does not by itself save but requires a faithful conscience toward God. Finally, Fleming discusses the Lord's Supper as a memorial of Christ's death and resurrection, emphasizing its role in public worship, communal fellowship, and gratitude, while warning against abuses and doctrinal distortions. The work integrates scriptural exegesis and patristic testimony to argue these monuments as enduring evidences of Christian truth.

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